US Field-Based role focusing on the Southeast

Essential Functions

• Serve as the first-line Jazz medical point of contact for clinical, health outcomes, and real-world evidence, and provide support across therapeutic areas to key national formulary decision-makers in a manner consistent with Jazz’ principles for scientific engagement. 
• Develop Scientific Account Plans with strategic tactics for key accounts that demonstrate a deep understanding of payer’s population-management strategies, scientific priorities, evidence needs, decision-making processes, and clinical perspectives on Jazz products.
• Build relationships and establish scientific and professional credibility within national managed care organizations, health care systems, government payers, and with other stakeholders involved in formulary management, medication positioning, value discussions and health care policy.   
• Engage in credible and transparent scientific information exchange that resonates with payers when responding to unsolicited requests for clinical, health outcomes and pharmacoeconomic information and proactively communicates HCEI in alignment with the 21st Century Cure’s Act.
• Provide customer insights to internal teams on key evidence gaps relevant to health care decision makers to guide GHEOR, RWE and Clinical team’s strategic development of impactful value evidence generation and clinical development plans for marketed and pipeline products.
• Facilitate educational and collaborative research opportunities, and partner with GHEOR and RWE to conduct and publish HEOR and HCEI in alignment with Jazz’ standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on the development of educational tools and resources (disease state education, payer-focused slide decks, Medicaid testimony, economic models, etc.) communicated to customers to improve relevant therapeutic area understanding and access to Jazz’ marketed and pipeline products.
• Implement and execute scientific training for the PVO team and cross-functional partners (ARM, Field Payer/Market Access teams and HEOR).

• Collaborate with the Medical Affairs trainer and Medical Science Liaison (MSL) management to provide managed markets training and mentorship for MSLs.
• Collaborate and build strong relationships with cross-functional partners and internal stakeholders and ensure continuous and consistent communication on activities/projects.
• Represent PVO as the techn

US Field-Based role focusing on the Southeast ical/medical payer expert on cross-functional internal teams.

• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and regulatory guidelines governing commercial and scientific interactions with healthcare professionals, payers, advocacy and other business partners.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Minimum of 5 years of post-doctoral relevant scientific work experience in a pharmaceutical industry or managed markets setting (Managed Care/PBM, VA/DoD, CMS, State Medicaid, etc.), payer strategy, clinical practice, outcomes and/or related disciplines, with 2 of these years in a field-based payer/outcomes role
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing and maintaining knowledge in multiple therapeutic areas (neurology, hematology and oncology is strongly preferred) and strategic initiatives including health outcomes, quality initiatives, consensus standards, evidence-based guidelines and health care policy
• In-depth knowledge of the biopharmaceutical industry and US managed markets, including various access and reimbursement models (Managed Care, Medicare Part B, Part D and Medicaid, etc.)
• Demonstrated expertise in health outcomes, health care policy, health technology assessment, and pharmacoeconomic principles including AMCP Dossiers, PIE Act, 21st Century Cures Act, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) and pharmacoeconomic models as well as their application to evaluate and deliver the value of medicines
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication and experience presenting critical medical, health economic data and business information to internal stakeholders and external national payer customers
• Strong strategic-thinking skills; demonstrated ability to network and identify opportunities for medical engagement, set scientific engagement goals, and create and influence value propositions for innovative medicines and services
• Strong personal integrity, interpersonal skills, teamwork abilities and customer focus.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, adapt, prioritize, and work effectively in a matrixed organization and in an evolving/changing health care environment.
• Ability to travel approximately 50-60% time

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Advanced degree in the health sciences (MD, PharmD, PhD) is required. An additional master’s degree in business or health economics is preferred (e.g. MBA, MS)